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The Hamilton Bulldogs bounced back from a 5-1 Friday night shellacking in Abbotsford to record a 3-0 shutout win against the Heat Saturday. Cedrick Desjardins stopped 24 shots for his first shutout of the season.

The Hamilton Bulldogs’ goalscorig woes have become epidemic. For the second time in three games they generated over forty shots on goal but managed only one goal in each outing. Despite outshooting the Lake Erie Monsters 43-27 the came out on the short end of a 4-1 score.

Canadiens prospect Louis Leblanc will miss four to six weeks with a high ankle sprain according to an injury update released by the Hamilton Bulldogs Wednesday. Leblanc suffered the injury in a game against the Toronto Marlies last Saturday night.

The Hamilton Bulldogs were shutout by the Toronto Marlies 5-0 Saturday night at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto. It was the Bulldogs first loss of the season. Louis Leblanc suffered a leg injury midway through the second period and did not return.

The Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Toronto Marlies 3-1 before a crowd of 8819 fans in their home opener. Louis Leblanc scored twice for the Bulldogs. Other goals came from Patrick Holland and Aaron Palushaj.

It is often said the Canadiens farm system has dried up, that the majority of the team’s future talent is only now emerging from junior hockey and still years away. If so, how was it that through their injury plagued season the Habs were able to bring eight players into their lineup who held rookie status?

Depth of talent is a Canadiens issue on both left and to a lesser extent on right wing. It is not a glaring problem at centre ice. where Desharnais, Plekanec and Eller hold the top three spots and there is large group of centremen who are in the wings waiting for their chance.

Because of the injury to Brian Gionta, which took him out of the seaason’s second half, right wing on the Canadiens became a serious problem. Gionta’s replacements were a mixture of rookies and fourth line players and the results were predictable. Gionta returns next season but the Canadiens still have a major third line iissue to deal with.

Witness the strange season of Canadiens centre Tomas Plekanec. Mont consider it a failure despite the fact that he finished the year only five points behind his team leading total of 57 points of the year before. The big difference is his five-on-five defensive record. Plekanec’s problem’s stemmed from an inability to find the right kind of forwards to play with him.